Battle Chess
Battle Chess was developed by Interplay as their first project after severing ties with Electronic Arts. They designed it for the Amiga in 1988, and it was released on the majority of the other systems in the…
Battle Chess is a card & board game developed by Interplay, released 1 October 1988 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes and Amiga.
What Battle Chess is
Battle Chess is a card & board game game developed by Interplay and released in 1988. It was published by Dice Multi Media Europe. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore CDTV, DOS, FM Towns, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-9800 Series and Sharp X68000.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The basic gameplay of Battle Chess remains true to the board game, with the added feature of unique battle animations for each capture. These animations varied for every combination of attack vs defender, making part of the enjoyment of Battle Chess in simply discovering the various animations.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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